Accomplished capital markets international sales and relationship management leader joins Pirum as Senior Sales Executive, to lead the firm's growth in its core securities finance automation and connectivity platform, and to accelerate the adoption of its AI-enabled securities finance solutions.
London, UK, 28 September 2026 – Pirum, the global leader in securities finance automation and connectivity across the full trade lifecycle, today announced that Stephan Sanner has joined its London team as Senior Sales Executive.
Sanner will lead the expansion of the firm's core automation and connectivity business, as well as the growth of its AI-enabled securities finance solutions, in French-speaking Europe.
Sanner brings 25 years' experience in senior international sales and relationship management roles within the securities finance and capital markets industries. He joins Pirum from DXB Pump & Power where, as Directeur Commercial Europe, he led the development of client and distribution networks across French-speaking Europe, Africa and Canada. Sanner’s native French and bilingual English fluency also helped him develop international markets in his prior roles, including Associate Director, Client Relationship Manager, at EquiLend, Executive Director Sales, EMEA, at TMX Group, and Executive Director Sales at NYSE Euronext / SecFinex, as well as other capital markets sales and client relationship roles at FinLab SA, Pertrac Financial Solutions, and Bloomberg.
Stephan Sanner said: “I am delighted to have stepped into the role of Senior Sales Executive at Pirum. With massive structural shifts on the horizon, including the continuing global countdown to T+1 and the rapid evolution of AI in capital markets, today more than ever, financial institutions need scalable, resilient, and forward-looking technology partners. Pirum has built a network that already connects the entire securities finance ecosystem. This connectivity is now the foundation for something bigger: AI-enabled automation and intelligence, complemented by agentic workflows, across the full lifecycle. I'm eager to collaborate with this world-class team to drive the firm's commercial growth and give our European client base a competitive edge through AI-enabled securities finance solutions.”
Renato Lima, Chief Commercial Officer at Pirum, said: “It's a great pleasure to welcome Stephan into our senior commercial team. His background and expertise are perfectly aligned to accelerate Pirum's growth, starting with our presence across French-speaking Europe. Moreover, Stephan's positive attitude, underpinned by his deep subject matter expertise in securities finance, embodies the Pirum DNA and values. Stephan joins at the perfect time to enable our clients to transform their operational models to deliver more growth and more intelligence through our next generation AI-enabled securities finance solutions.”
About Pirum
Pirum was founded in 2000 with the objective of automating the securities finance and collateral management industries. That connectivity has since made Pirum's Software as a Service (SaaS) platform the global gold standard in securities finance, today processing over $6.5 trillion in daily transactions. It is now the foundation for Pirum's next chapter: AI-enabled solutions that turn a fully connected network into decision-ready intelligence for clients. The Pirum product suite, which uniquely covers pre- and post-trade activity as well as collateral management, is used and trusted by over 150 financial institutions around the world, covering both buy- and sell-side activity. Pirum delivers automation, operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, resilience, reduced risk and reduced cost for its network of clients, who use Pirum's solutions to connect, communicate, optimize and process their trades in global financial markets. By connecting market participants around the world, Pirum sits at the heart of a complex multi-party financial markets ecosystem, increasing transparency and resilience, streamlining operations, and fostering collaboration. www.pirum.com
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